The Santa-verse is getting bigger. Season two of The Santa Clauses may have surpassed expectations with a season of inventive new story arcs. In the new season of the Tim Allen-led Disney+ comedy, we’ve already seen an expansion of the…
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The Big Picture Ariana DeBose emphasizes the importance of leading with your heart and following your instincts, even if it means making mistakes and pivoting. DeBose was surprised by the quirky personality of her character Asha in Wish, which she…
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VASHON ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! When director, writer, and editor Jordan Albertsen set out to make a documentary film about the Pacific Northwest band The Sonics, he had no idea where it would lead except that The Sonics needed…
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The delightful director Jason Winer already admitted that The Godfather Part II inspired season two of The Santa Clauses, and boy, was he right. Thus far, the Disney+ hit comedy series has found Scott Calvin a.k.a. Santa Claus (Tim Allen)…
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The Big Picture The Dalgona Game in Squid Game: The Challenge is a difficult challenge where players have to remove shapes from delicate dalgona candy using a small needle without cracking it. The circle shape is the easiest to remove,…
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Talk about fun creative leaps. NBC’s revamped Quantum Leap had enough spunk before episode six of the current season, but with the recent return of Eliza Taylor’s Hannah, the show entered new territory and gave Raymond Lee’s time-traveling Ben a…
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Vaccines and disinformation have been vitally important topics for the past few years, especially during the height of the pandemic. Oscar-nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy (for The Garden) and astrophysicist/executive producer Neil deGrasse Tyson set out to make a documentary…
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The Big Picture Chris Pine enjoyed playing the villain in Wish and found it to be the most fun and enjoyable role. Pine praised the villain song in the film and found it challenging yet exciting to perform. Pine didn't…
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Emma Ferreira is making her mark. The Unstable star plays a pivotal role as Ness in Netlfix’s hit music dramedy Neon, opposite Tyler Dean Flores (Santi), Jordan Mendoza (Felix), and Courtney Taylor (Mia). Ness spearheads a mission to make her…
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Publish Or Perish – named after a lingo from academia that’s more of an ultimatum for researchers and teachers. Either keep publishing original research or risk perishing their career and losing professorship. It’s a phrase that defines years of extended…
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From Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. to famed Botswanan politician Sir Seretse Khama, Golden Globe-nominated actor David Oyelowo is used to playing legendary real-life public figures. The fun doesn't stop there — enter Bass Reeves, the notorious lawman…
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The Big Picture Composer Ludwig Göransson created an unforgettable theme for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, using violins to capture the character's complexity. Göransson worked closely with Nolan, starting his work early in the production process to build a "sound world" for…
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